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Life Lab

Organization Mission

The Wildlands to Watering Cans Summer Camp has been in high demand in Santa Cruz County for 20 years, and with your support, children from low-income families can have the opportunity to attend. We offer children joyful, nature-based experiences to grow their love of nourishing food and nature. The setting on a university campus allows them to develop a sense of belonging, to build community, and to exercise their bodies and minds. Life Lab has trained thousands of college students to become outdoor educators.

Your donation to Life Lab’s scholarship program will give up to 70 children the opportunity to attend the Wildlands to Watering Cans Summer Camp in 2025.

The Big Idea 2025:
Wildlands to Watering Cans Summer Scholarships

The Wildlands to Watering Cans Summer Camp offers children the opportunity to grow their love of nourishing food and nature. And the joyful, nature-based experiences on a university campus allows them to develop a sense of belonging in a college setting, to build community, and to exercise their body and mind.

Your donation to Life Lab’s scholarship program will give up to 70 children the opportunity to attend the Wildlands to Watering Cans Summer Camp in 2025.

I feel like when I help the Garden, I am helping the planet


Angel S., elementary student, Watsonville


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